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4 hurt in ammo depot blast
Vehicle carrying ammunition catches fire
Dapper/Chandigarh, July 27
Four civilian helpers employed with Ammunition Depot Dapper were injured, two of them seriously with close to 80 per cent burn injuries, when a Army tractor-trailer carrying ammunition caught fire which led to an explosion within the depot premises this afternoon.

cholera outbreak
Inquiry report awaited to nail the guilty
Chandigarh, July, 27
Following the submission of the report of the inquiry ordered to fix the responsibility for the outbreak of cholera in the city, strict action is likely to be taken against the erring officials.

• MC blames residents for cholera outbreak

• With filth all around, Mohali has its fingers crossed

Protest against ban on ACs
Mohali commercial units to move court
SAS Nagar, July 27
Some of the commercial units here, which include mainly restaurants, have decided to move court against the decision of the Punjab State Electricity Board banning the use of airconditioners in commercial units if the orders are not withdrawn within the next week.

Krishan Kant’s death mourned Chandigarh, July 27 Condolence meetings were held in the city today to express shock over the demise of the Vice-President, Mr Krishan Kant. Lt-Gen J.F.R.Jacob (retd), Governor of Punjab, expressed deep shock over the demise of Mr Kant. In his condolence message, the Governor said in his death, the nation had lost a true Gandhian, who was the pillar of Bhoodan movement in Punjab.

The National Flag flies at half mast atop the Vidhan Sabha building, and (right) members of the Servants of the People’s Society gather to mourn the death of Vice-President Krishan Kant in Chandigarh on Saturday. — Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan

TRIBUNE IMPACT
Police official probes juvenile’s detention
Chandigarh, July 27
Acting on the news report carried by Chandigarh Tribune on July 25 about the arrest of a 9-year-old child who had been caught by the UT police on the charges of stealing a tricycle, a senior UT police official has conducted an inquiry and submitted his report.

COMMUNITY

‘FDI decision taken in undue haste’

Chandigarh, July 27 Print media is not a priority sector for foreign direct investment and since it has a sensitive role in the society it should not be exposed to external influences, opined the Editor of The Tribune, Mr Hari Jaisingh, while speaking at seminar on “FDI in Print Media” organised by the Chandigarh Journalists Association here today.
Discussing the impact of foreign direct investment in India: Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor, The Tribune (second from left), Mr Tribhuvan Nath, Mr Radhey Sham Sharma and Prof Sanjay Wadwalkar in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Gupta flays action against 42 residents
Chandigarh, July 27
Accusing the Administration and the Municipal Corporation of failing to maintain sanitation in the Sector 52 colony, the BJP councillor, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, today condemned the registering of police cases and issuing of notices to 42 residents of the area.

Decks cleared for Association of British Scholars
Chandigarh, July 27
On the hold for long, the decision to introduce a chapter of the Association of British Scholars (ABS) in Chandigarh has finally been taken by the office concerned. The reputed association, which was conceived way back with the establishment of the British Council in India, will now have a chapter in the city also.

Forum formed to help cable subscribers
SAS Nagar, July 27
A joint forum of cable operators and different welfare organisations has been formed to sort out the problems faced by subscribers as well as operators.

UT officials absent from film show Chandigarh, July 27 The producers of the film ‘Shaheed-e-Azam’ have expressed resentment over the absence of UT officials from the special screening of the film organised at Batra Theatre this morning.

Councillor visits govt houses Chandigarh, July 27 Local Municipal Councillor Harpreet Kaur Babla and C.V.M. general secretary Devinder Singh Babla visited government houses of Ward No. 13, Sector 28-C, today. Local Municipal Councillor Harpreet Kaur Babla listens to grievances of residents of Sector 28 in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

MES grievance cell suspends work
Panchkula, July 27
The MES Contractors Grievance Cell , Chandimandir, suspended work for two days beginning yesterday. The president of the association, Mr Rakesh Aggarwal and general secretary, Mr Y. P. Kapoor, said they were being made to suffer because of a rift between the workers of the Garrison Engineer Utility, Chandimandir, and Auditor Unit Accountant Garrison Engineer, Chandimandir.

• SSP’s car meets with accident

• Boy drowns

• 135 detained in Palsora

• One killed in road mishap

READERS WRITE
The quintessence of school education
APROPOS of Parbina Rashid’s report “Readymade science models on display” (Chandigarh Tribune, July 3), I am not surprised to learn that science project assignments are readily available in the markets for a little price to any student for asking. That these can also be made to order is a matter of enterprise, not perhaps surprise.

• Traffic confusion

• Prune expenditure

• Rebuild the road

CRIME

Police gets vital clues in Sec 22 robbery case
Barber, woman arrested
Chandigarh, July 27
A 27-year-old hardcore criminal, Majid, from Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh was behind the armed robbery at a Sector 22 house last Tuesday. Two armed youths had escaped with Rs 70,000 cash and 140 gm of gold jewellery after tying up an aged woman and her daughter in the incident.

Student held for chain snatching
SAS Nagar, July 27
Within days of arrest of an engineering student, Jaskaran Sharma, on the charge of chain snatching, another engineering student, Viney Bhardwaj, was arrested by the police on the similar charges today.